'a' is for architect
/ˈɑːkɪˌtɛkt

"the deviser, maker, or creator of anything"



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a wee publication

our model for small scale publishing

by matzine

produced as part of impact 8 

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print festival scotland 2013

louis didn't know the half of it

"where are your chimneys?"


"what chimneys?"


"your chimneys"


"what about them?"


"well, where are they?"


"there aren't any."


"what d'you mean there aren't any? you gotta have chimneys"


"but there isn't a fire."


"what are you talking about fire for? it's chimneys we need!"


"but chimneys are for fires- why would you have a chimney without a fire?"


"oh, come on! you've got to have a chimney"


"hmm, i'm not so sure..."


"go on! and you better not have a fire with that chimney, cos there's washing on the line next door."

continuous curatorial conversations . venice 2011

recently

blur building . swiss expo . yverdon les bains . 2oo2

the idea of nothingness

“What’s the good of Mercator’s North Poles and Equators,

 Tropics, Zones, and Meridian Lines?”

So the Bellman would cry: and the crew would reply

 “They are merely conventional signs!

“Other maps are such shapes, with their islands and capes!

 But we’ve got our brave Captain to thank:

(So the crew would protest) “that he’s bought usthe best —

 A perfect and absolute blank!”

"The Hunting of the Snark"

An Agony in Eight Fits

Lewis Carroll

illustration Henry Holiday

variation on a theme

someone else cares...

beauty: complex simplicity

"The word resist is interestingly equivocal. It is not synonymous with words of ultimate negation like ‘dismiss’ or ‘ reject.’ Instead, it implies a measured struggle that is more tactical than strategic. Living changes us, in ways we cannot predict, for the better and the worse. One looks for principles, but we are better off if we control them, not the other way around. Principles can become tyrants, foreclosing on our ability to learn. When they do, they, too, must be resisted....

"Resist whatever seems inevitable.[...]

Resist the idea that architecture is a building[...]

Resist taking the path of least resistance.[...]

Resist people who are satisfied.[...]

Resist that feeling of utter exhaustion."

http://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/architecture-and-resistance/

[rowan's] the·sis (thē'sĭs) 

n. pl. the·ses  (-sēz) 

1. A proposition that is maintained by argument.

2. A dissertation advancing an original point of view as a result of research, especially as a requirement for an academic degree.

3.A hypothetical proposition, especially one put forth without proof.

the nearlybooks and the unmachine

thanks ian


david maisal
history's shadow

found place

once loved up close, 

loved now in a memory. 

as nature, 

uninhibited, 

reclaims some hold,

these walls sit quiet,

but assured.

additions and attritions of time

show on every surface,

confirming some certainty,

revealing some truth.

the first butterfly of 2010?

william anastasi

[above: cesar daly drawing]






_ creation, installation, translation, recreation


_'drawing' it together... finding some resolution 

rebecca horn

campbelle and brett_shadow drawing workshop at louis blouin institute, londoni think that the work on show is the black sillouette, however, the real beauty in this image is the subtle shadows cast across the gallery wall

zine_  typically a self-published not-for-profit magazine.  Heterogeneity characterizes the zine world, which spawns diversity in format, size, scope, purpose, and periodicity (often erratic).  In my opinion, one of the best attributes of many zines is honesty.  Zines form out of passion, not profit, and so a reader often finds viewpoints and ideas not commonly found in commercial magazines.  A zine can provide refreshing purity of content in comparison with the watered-down mainstream media